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type: "Bill"
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title: "COURTS-23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT"
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description: "Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Provides that in the 23rd judicial circuit, there shall be no at large circuit judgeships and only resident circuit judges shall be elected as provided in the Act. Adds the 23rd judicial circuit as an exception, along with Cook County, to the provision that provides that 4 circuit judges shall be elected in any circuit in which there is situated any State institution providing educational or welfare facilities for more than 25,000 persons. Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "97th"
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identifier: "HB 4991"
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citation: "Illinois HB 4991 (97th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2012-02-06"
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last_action: "2012-08-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccaf790e-664f-46bb-b1ff-50c7d20657e6"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4991&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64916&SessionID=84&GA=97"
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source_hash: "1951cd77ac3dc799abf7973160b18580163352d531b04b2c3105dd18af46849d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 4991 (97th) — COURTS-23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
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Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Provides that in the 23rd judicial circuit, there shall be no at large circuit judgeships and only resident circuit judges shall be elected as provided in the Act. Adds the 23rd judicial circuit as an exception, along with Cook County, to the provision that provides that 4 circuit judges shall be elected in any circuit in which there is situated any State institution providing educational or welfare facilities for more than 25,000 persons. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4991&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64916&DocNum=4991&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4991eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64916&DocNum=4991&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4991enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64916&DocNum=4991&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Tom Cross — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2012-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross `filing`
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- **2012-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2012-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2012-02-15** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2012-02-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2012-02-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2012-03-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross `amendment-introduction`
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- **2012-03-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2012-03-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2012-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2012-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2012-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
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- **2012-03-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2012-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 23, 2012 `reading-1`
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- **2012-03-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
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- **2012-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2012-03-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-18** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2012-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
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- **2012-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2012-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2012
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- **2012-05-24** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kwame Raoul
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- **2012-05-25** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2012 `reading-3`
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- **2012-05-28** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2012-05-28** Passed Both Houses
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- **2012-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2012-08-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2012-08-24** Effective Date August 24, 2012
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- **2012-08-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1069 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccaf790e-664f-46bb-b1ff-50c7d20657e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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